Guys It's been a while since I've been trading, but my intuition's tingling and feel it's a good time to get back into the fray. I used to use Metastock but wondering if any other programmable systems have come more into favour, or if Metastock's still a decent mainstay. Also need a good balance of data across all types of markets. Any thoughts on 2/3 packages I could look at as I google around for a while? Thanks AnnaG
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Thanks, I'll have a look. In my earlier version of Metastock I was able to copy/paste the historical price data in Metastock to a spreadsheet. Is this possible with these packages you mention. I always prefer to double-check my trading approach using a simple spreadsheet approach where I can see all the coding?
I am totally biased towards Sierra Charts - Futures, Stocks, Forex. Support people may be a little brusque, but tell them of an issue or make a worthwhile suggestion for a tweak and they correct/code it in a day or two.
AmiBroker can do that. For example by doing OHLCV exploration. Sample exploration code: Code: if ( Status( "action" ) == actionExplore ) { format = 1.2; width = 70; Colfont = colorDefault; // choose font color Colcell = colorDefault; // choose cell color SetOption( "NoDefaultColumns", True ); SetSortColumns( 3 ); AddTextColumn( Name(), "Ticker", 1.0, Colfont, Colcell, width ); AddTextColumn( FullName(), "Name", 1.0, Colfont, Colcell, 120 ); AddColumn( DateTime(), "Date/Time", formatDateTime, Colfont, Colcell, 120 ); AddColumn( O, "Open", format, Colfont, Colcell, width ); AddColumn( H, "High", format, Colfont, Colcell, width ); AddColumn( L, "Low", format, Colfont, Colcell, width ); AddColumn( C, "Close", format, Colfont, Colcell, width ); AddColumn( V, "Vol", 1, Colfont, Colcell, width ); AddSummaryRows( 31, format ); Filter = 1; // Status( "lastbarinrange" ); etc... } Then you click anywhere in the analysis result list and press CTRL+C, then go to Excel and i.e. click into cell A1 and press CTRL+V, see http://i.imgur.com/PuuHF25.gifv
Sergio77 I'll ask you again, what do you mean? These kind of comments are not helpful for beginners. I would have thought that these forums exist to help everyone, from beginners to seasoned traders. It's not a place for rampant and misguided egos to spout off.